Drug lord Tony Mokbel stabbed in prison fight

Tony Mokbel critical after stabbing

VideoDrug boss Tony Mokbel is in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital after he was stabbed in jail.

Former drug kingpin and gangland figure Tony Mokbel has reportedly been stabbed in prison in Victoria.

Police on Monday afternoon confirmed a man was being airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after a stabbing at Barwon Prison, at Lara.

Aerial footage from the scene shows a bare-chested man being treated by a number of paramedics outdoors, with multiple media outlets reporting Mokbel was attacked in an exercise yard of the high-security jail.